Tour of Qatar 2014 Results 3rd stage - Michael Hepburn wins

For quite a while specialist Fabian Cancellara was fastest on Lusail Circuit. Then Michael Hepburn and Daniele Bennati came, beating the Swiss with respectively 6 seconds and less then 1 second.

At the intermediate time check Lars Boom proved to be the fastest of all. However, Hepburn’s strong second part of the race was too much for the Dutchman, who had 1 second short at the finish line.

GC leader Terpstra was 8 seconds behind Hepburn, enough to stay upfront.

Tour of Qatar 2014 results 3rd stage

1. Michael Hepburn (Australia)
2. Lars Boom (The Netherlands) + 0.01
3. Daniele Bennati (Italy) + 0.06
4. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) s.t.
5. Niki Terpstra (The Netherlands) + 0.08
6. Martin Elmiger (Switzerland) + 0.10
7. Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Belgium) + 0.13
8. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) + 0.15
9. Jens Mouris (The Netherlands) + 0.16
10. Gert Steegmans (Belgium) + 0.17

GC after 3rd stage

1. Niki Terpstra
2. Jürgen Roelandts (Belgium) + 0.21
3. Lars Boom + 0.24
4. Tom Boonen (Belgium) + 0.28
5. Ian Stannard (Great Britain) + 0.35
6. Guillaume van Keirsbulck + 0.45
7. Michael Mørkøv (Denmark) + 0.49
8. Marcel Sieberg (Germany) s.t.
9. Stijn Vandenbergh (Belgium) + 0.58
10.Andrew Fenn (Great Britain) + 1.06